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06/20/08 Greek Theater Berkeley, CA*
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06/22/08 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA* 06/26/08 Central Park Summerstage NY* 06/28/08 Merriweather Columbia, MD* 07/07/08 Ottawa BluesFest Ottawa, Canada* 07/11/08 Balaton Sound Zamardi, Hungary* 07/11/08 Kalamitsi Thessaloniki* 07/12/08 Petra Open Air Theater Athens* 07/24/08 Nice Jazz Festival Nice, France* 08/01/08 Big Chill Festival United Kingdom* * with Federico Aubele |
Instead of cramming all of my "Spanish Summer" articles, I will be spreading them out in the next few days. Here's the first one, which I had written nearly two months ago, I had to just go in and make some updates:
Argentinian singer/songwriter, Natalia Clavier is releasing her album Nectar next Tuesday. Fans of world, jazz, and trip-hop would love this Spanish album.
How Nectar came into existence was that she was helping fellow Argentinian Federico Aubele record his album Panamericana for ESL Music in Washington DC. She met Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation and gave him a ten track demo that she recorded with Aubele's help. Hilton loved it so much that he pulled some strings and had ESL sign her right away.
I don't have her demos, but if it sounds anything like the finished Nectar album, I can see why Hilton was very excited about it.
Most of the songs demonstrate Clavier's beautiful voice, especially on her version of legendary Argentinian folk singer Atahualpa Yupanqui's "Tu Que Puedes Veulvete". I felt most of the songs were a bit loungey, but backed with typically trip-hop elements. Check out my easily favorite track "No Volvera".
Since yo no hablo ingles, I couldn't tell you what these songs are about. What I can tell you is that Clavier's voice is really gorgeous and the music backing her up are a combination of both organic and artificial sources. Here are some quick notes on the songs I really enjoyed: "El Arbol" (note record scratching), "Azul" (orchestra with dance beats), "Confusion" (pianos & low cello bass; sad tones), and "Tiempo" (just really liked this one).
It looks like she'll be doing some US & UK dates with Federico Aubele. Nectar will be out this Tuesday, June 10th, you can pre-order the album on ESL Music.
